Problem making rxvt

[David A. Cobb]

Mark Blackburn wrote:

> Did you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/rxvt-2.7.10.README ? It says to configure 
> like so:
>
> ./configure --enable-utmp --enable-wtmp --enable-lastlog \
> --enable-xpm-background  --enable-menubar --enable-rxvt-scroll \
> --enable-next-scroll --enable-xterm-scroll --enable-frills \
> --enable-linespace --enable-mousewheel --enable-keepscrolling \
> --enable-old-selection --enable-transparency \
> --with-xpm-includes=`pwd`/W11/X11 --with-xpm-library=`pwd`/W11/lib \
> --with-x-library=`pwd`/W11/lib \
> --enable-languages --with-encoding=noenc \
> CFLAGS="-O -g -W -I`pwd`/W11" \
> LDFLAGS="-mwindows -Wl,--subsystem,console" \
> DLIB=`pwd`/W11/wrap/rxvt_res.o
>
> When I configure like that the output looks more like this:
>
> configuring for rxvt 2.7.10
>
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... a.exe
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables... .exe
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for AIX... no
> checking for library containing strerror... none required
> checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe
> checking if the linker (/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe) is GNU ld... yes
> checking for /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe option to reload object 
> files... -r
> [snip]
>
>
> David A. Cobb wrote:
>
>> My configure/make score is just barely above zero.  I'd be sure it 
>> was all me if it was indeed zero - but not quite.
>>
>> Latest attempt: rxvt-2.7.10
>> My file layout: ~/Build/rxvt/rxvt-2-7-10=untarred package; 
>> ~/Build/rxvt/i686-pc-cygwin=build directory
>> configure & make are run from outside the source tree - I know it 
>> sometimes matters.
>>
>> Configure shows nothing exciting. [log attached]
>> Make gets into a loop in subdirectory W11 !  Unlimited recursive 
>> makes here.
>>
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> OK, Now I've reconciled my configure options with those in the 
> document, and defined the libraries as shown.


Same result, basically.  This time I got to a recursion about 180 proc's 
deep when something failed ( happily ) and unwound the stack.
Next experiment is to cd into the source tree to do the build: the 
example does show "./configure". 
THIS IS STILL A BUG!  Building from inside is, in fact, discouraged, 
IIRC, in the Autotools references.

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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
"By God's Grace, I am a Christian man; by my actions a great sinner." -- The Way of a Pilgrim: R.French, Tr.
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